Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation from the Kirya in Tel Aviv this evening (Tuesday), following the surprise airstrikes launched by the IAF against the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip early this morning.
"We returned to fighting with strength, on the recommendation of security officials," Netanyahu stated.
"This is just the beginning. We will continue to fight to achieve the goals of the war and the promise that Gaza will not pose a threat to Israel," he said. "From now on, negotiations will only take place under fire."
"We extended the ceasefire in the weeks in which we did not receive any hostages, we sent delegations to Doha, we accepted the proposal of US envoy Witkoff, but on the other hand Hamas rejected every proposal. I accep...
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President Trump spoke for nearly three hours on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid the U.S. push to secure Moscow’s agreement to a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine.
Putin had held back endorsing the U.S.-led ceasefire following meetings in Moscow with Trump’s special envoy for Russia, Steve Witkoff.
Ukraine accepted the terms of the ceasefire during high-stakes talks with Trump administration officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 11.
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Yemen's Houthis launched a missile toward Israel, triggering rocket sirens to sound across the northern Negev, starting at 6:56 p.m. on Tuesday.
The military said it had intercepted a ballistic missile before it crossed into Israeli territory.
Sirens blared in Beersheba, Merhav Am, Nevatim, and Revivim, among other locations.
Israel's emergency response service, Magen David Adom, said no injuries had been reported.
US strikes on Houthis
On Saturday, the US launched widespread strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, continuing its attacks during three consecutive days.
A US official told The Jerusalem Post that the strikes were a message to Iran at a time when the administration is proposing to open negotiations on its nuclea...
A new report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Center for Technology and Society (CTS) has uncovered systematic antisemitic and anti-Israel bias on Wikipedia, revealing an orchestrated effort to manipulate content related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The investigation found that a coordinated group of editors has been actively distorting Wikipedia entries in apparent violation of the platform’s policies.
According to the report, at least 30 Wikipedia editors have collaborated to introduce misleading narratives about Israel while downplaying Palestinian antisemitism and violence. These editors were found to be significantly more active than comparable groups, with twice the average number of total edits over the past decade. Additionally, their internal communication was up...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Tuesday morning with senior defense officials at the Kirya Base in Tel Aviv for a situational assessment after the surprise attack in the Gaza Strip.
In the past few hours, Hamas has conveyed messages that the terror organization is interested in restoring the ceasefire and negotiating the release of hostages.
A Hamas spokesperson told Reuters that communication with ceasefire negotiation mediators was ongoing and it is keen to complete the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
In the meantime, IDF and ISA are continuing to strike terror targets belonging to the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations across the Gaza Strip.
The IDF stated that the targets struck over the past few hours include terrorist cells, launch pos...
The French government on Tuesday condemned Israel for the airstrikes launched overnight against the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip.
The French Foreign Ministry claimed that the airstrikes have caused “numerous civilian casualties" and demanded that Israel return to being in a state of ceasefire with Hamas and restore the humanitarian aid to Gaza that was recently stopped.
"France condemns the Israeli strikes carried out since yesterday on the Gaza Strip, which have caused numerous civilian casualties," the foreign ministry stated.
"France calls for an immediate end to hostilities, which are jeopardizing efforts to free the hostages and threatening the lives of the civilian population in Gaza," it added.
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry has cla...
Over the past day (Tuesday), the IDF struck dozens of terror targets and terrorists throughout the Gaza Strip, including mid-level and senior-ranking terrorists in Hamas' Political Bureau. The strikes were conducted to damage Hamas' governmental and military capabilities, and to remove threats to the State of Israel and its citizens.
In these strikes, the IDF and ISA eliminated the terrorist Essam al-Da'alis, Head of the Hamas Government and the most senior figure of authority in the Gaza Strip. Essam al-Da'alis replaced Rawhi Mushtaha in this position after he was eliminated in July 2024. In his role, al-Da'alis was responsible for the functioning of Hamas' terror regime in the Gaza Strip and oversaw the integration of all of Hamas’ branches in Gaza an...
Eight months after negotiations between the two companies collapsed, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is expected to announce within hours its acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity giant Wiz in a deal valued at approximately $33 billion — $10 billion more than was discussed during their previous round of talks.This is set to be the largest acquisition ever of an Israeli company and Alphabet's largest acquisition to date. Until now, the biggest exit for an Israeli company was Intel’s $15 billion purchase of Mobileye in 2017. Alphabet’s largest previous acquisition was Motorola Mobility in 2011 for $12.5 billion.
The deal, which will be in cash, is pending regulatory approval. Once finalized, each of Wiz’s four founders—CEO Assaf Rappaport, Chief Pr...
President Donald Trump is now speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine, the White House said.
The call, which began at 10 a.m. ET, is "going well, and still in progress," White House spokesman Dan Scavino said at 10:54 a.m. ET. It comes after Trump said last night that "Many elements of a Final Agreement have been agreed to, but much remains."
"Thousands of young soldiers, and others, are being killed. Each week brings 2,500 soldier deaths, from both sides, and it must end NOW. I look very much forward to the call with President Putin," Trump wrote on his Truth Social account. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that the two leaders would speak about the war in Ukraine but that there are a "large number...
The Israeli security cabinet convened an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss a culmination of alerts over the past few weeks that indicate that Hamas has been making preparations for another invasion into Israeli territory, N12 reported.
Separately, Defense Minister Israel Katz reiterated these concerns in a meeting with the Otef Israel Forum, a group primarily composed of residents from the Gaza border region, on Tuesday morning,
"There are constant preparations being made by Hamas for an invasion [into Israel], similar to October 7," Katz said in the meeting.
"We must strike them and completely finish the job through both offense and defense," Katz added. "This is the goal that drives me."
According to the report, security forces have identified a sharp increase in Hama...
The Likud and the Otzma Yehudit parties reached an agreement on Tuesday according to which Otzma Yehudit will return today to the government and ministers from Otzma Yehudit will be given back their portfolios.
The appointment of the ministers of Otzma Yehudit will be approved today in the government, and tomorrow the swearing-in will take place in the plenum of the Knesset. The ministers will return to the same positions, but there is no new coalition agreement.
The agreement is expected to affect the stability of the coalition and strengthen the right-wing bloc, especially on security and diplomatic issues where Otzma Yehudit demands a more assertive approach.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara objected to the decision, and declared that Otzma Yehudit would be forbidden from rejoinin...
Jerusalem, Israel - Aish and Partners in Torah are joining forces to create a global Jewish educational network. This new union brings together Aish's worldwide reach with Partners in Torah's proven model of sustainable Jewish connections through personalized learning partnerships.
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Jerusalem, Israel - March 18, 2025 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Oren Marmorstein, held a briefing for the international media on Tuesday morning, March 18, 2025, at the Israel Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. After 529 days, 59 Israeli hostages remain in Gaza, with Hamas neither releasing them, negotiating their release, nor allowing a Red Cross visit. Former hostage Eli Sharabi is scheduled to address the Security Council this week, sharing his experiences of mistreatment while in Gaza. Meanwhile, protests concerning the hostages took place outside the Knesset, prompting street closures. The debates continue over how to achieve the hostages’ safe return, as Hamas shows no intention of relinquishing them or leaving Gaza.Meanwhile, protests concerning the hostages too...
Saudi television network al-Hadath reported on Tuesday that the Spokesman for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror organization, Naji Abu Sayif, known as Abu Hamza, was eliminated in an IDF airstrike earlier in the day.
According to other Arab reports, he was killed in a strike on the Nuseirat "refugee" camp in central Gaza together with his wife, son, and other family members.
Gazans report that among those killed in the strikes are the wife and four children of Rafah Brigade Commander Abu-Anas Shebana. According to the reports, three of his children were killed earlier in the war and now the remainder of his family was killed.
Earlier in the day the IDF stated that is continuing to strike terror targets belonging to the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organizat...
Tel Aviv, Israel - March 17, 2025 - The IDF and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) began conducting extensive strikes on terror targets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday morning, in accordance with the political echelon, said the IDF and Shin Bet in a joint statement.
Sources in the Gaza Strip reported dozens of deaths and injuries in the Israeli strikes, which reportedly hit dozens of targets.
The Prime Minister's Office said that “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have instructed the IDF to take strong action against the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip.”
“This follows Hamas's repeated refusal to release our hostages, as well as its rejection of all of the proposals it...
Rabbi Yitzhak Kesselman, a 40-year-old Chabad Hasid and Microsoft's most senior ultra-Orthodox engineer, has been promoted to corporate vice president (CVP) at the tech giant. Kesselman specializes in enterprise software and leads Microsoft's "real-time data analytics" sector through a management product called Fabric. This software enables even non-technical employees to extract meaningful insights from massive datasets. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella highlighted the product's significance at the company's conference in May, describing it as a tool that will "fuel the next generation of AI services."
Now based in New York, Kesselman is married with five children and was one of the first ultra-Orthodox employees at Microsoft's development center in Israel. Born in ...
The IDF has observed preparations by terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip over the past two weeks to resume fighting, Kan 11 News reported on Monday evening.
According to the report, this is reflected in the recruitment of hundreds of new terrorists, the distribution of combat equipment, the establishment of positions, and the restoration of command structures that were damaged during the intense fighting.
The defense establishment also identified an unusual incident in Gaza in recent days, which could indicate preparations for an attack or raid. On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a meeting with defense establishment leaders, including Defense Minister Israel Katz, Mossad chief David Barnea, Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief Ronen Bar, and IDF Chie...
